Tech giants Apple and IBM have joined hands with Japanese insurance and bank holding company Japan Post to roll out a new initiative which will see the trio give away iPads with…
Category: Tablets
Nexus 7 is no longer available for purchase on Google Store
Google is finally bidding goodbye to its mid-range Nexus 7 tablet with the company delisting the product. Google has already stopped manufacturing the 7 inch tablet. The tablet’s own product page on…
Acer’s new phablet ‘Acer Liquid X2’ packs three SIM card slots
Acer has announced a new phablet dubbed ‘Acer Liquid X2’, which offers a tri-SIM support and promises a two-day battery life. The Acer Liquid X2 was unveiled at the company’s global press…
Smartphones, tablets could function as early warning systems for earthquakes
According to a new study, smartphones, tablets and other such personal electronic devices can function as early warning systems for large earthquakes. Using crowd-sourced observations from participating users’ smartphones, earthquakes could be…
Amazon rolls out Prime Instant Video app for Android tablets
Amazon has rolled out its Prime Instant Video service for Android tablet users enabling Prime subscribers in the US, UK and Germany to stream some of their favorite movie and TV shows…
Microsoft announces new affordable, smaller ‘Surface 3’
Microsoft has announced a smaller, thinner, lighter and less-powerful Surface Pro 3 version dubbed ‘Surface 3.’ Powered by Intel’s new low-power Atom X7 processor, the new Surface 3 tablet features a 10.8…
UK MPs to be offered Apple iPad Air 2 tablets
UK MPs will get Apple’s iPad Air 2 tablets worth a whopping £1 million after the general elections. The House of Commons Commission has reportedly announced that all of the 650 MPs…
Google’s Ebola-proof tablet to be deployed in Sierra Leone
Google has developed an Ebola-proof tablet that will be deployed in Sierra Leone for use by doctors and medical care professionals working on site. Google’s tablet is basically a Sony Xperia tablet…
BlackBerry outs SecuTABLET for government, business users
BlackBerry is banking on its strong points – enterprise class security in mobile devices – and has rolled out its new tablet dubbed SecuTABLET – a collaboration of technologies from IBM, Samsung…
Mobiles will account for over 1.5 billion airline boarding passes by 2019: Report
Over 1.5 billion airline boarding passes will be delivered via mobile phones or tablets by the end of 2019, new research claims. According to a report from analyst Juniper Research, mobile boarding…
Production of Apple’s larger iPad delayed until September: Report
Recent reports suggest Apple has postponed launch of its larger 12.9-inch iPad in wake of supply chain issues. According to Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter, launch of Apple’s 12.9-inch…
Microsoft updates OneNote for iPad with handwriting and OCR features
Microsoft has updated its OneNote application for iPad to add support for handwriting and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) features. Using Microsoft’s OneNote for iPad version 2.9, users can now write and draw…
Tablet shipments stumble for the first time in Q4 2014: IDC
New report by research firm IDC reveals that tablet sales dropped dramatically in 2014 witnessing the first ever annual decline since 2010. According to the report global tablet sales in 2014 rose…
Microsoft slashes Surface Pro 3 prices for a limited period
Microsoft has temporarily slashed prices of four of its Surface Pro 3 tablet models. The $100 promo offer, which runs only until Feb. 7, Saturday, include the 128GB Intel Core i5, 256GB…
Microsoft Surface Pro 4: Improved specs, reduced pricing, two variants
Rumours about Microsoft Surface Pro 4 are increasing week-over-week and with Surface Pro 2 production reportedly ceased, Redmond is likely to announce its latest in the tablet line-up as early as this…